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What is there to discuss? Its just another video game tornament in 4 places on the other side of the country from me.
i a surprized that there are not that many on the east coast
"The competitors will be selected randomly from everyone who shows up. This is unfortunate, as people who travel far distances may be rejected."
Yeah. Despite the fact that this is now being held in the UK, I probably won't be going. I'm not going to waste X amount of money, traveling Y amount of hours, just to turn up and not even get selected. Heck, even if I did, I would probably lose to some Smeargle cheapness.
If you want a REAL tournament guys, check out the latest one being hosted on Pokebeach.
Yeah. Despite the fact that this is now being held in the UK, I probably won't be going. I'm not going to waste X amount of money, traveling Y amount of hours, just to turn up and not even get selected. Heck, even if I did, I would probably lose to some Smeargle cheapness.
If you want a REAL tournament guys, check out the latest one being hosted on Pokebeach.
Yeah, I should be happy it's on Phoenix, and I could actually go, but for 5+ hours just to go there for a Shiny Milotic, isn't worth it. I probably have hacks, and their rules are the stupidest this side of competitive battling, so they'll have to miss me. ;/
dmaster out.
dmaster out.
im really confused as to whether this is 6 pokemon or 4 it doesnt matter because I cant enter but would be good to know
I really want to enter (I've always dreamed of going to Tokyo), but I'm not so sure based on this random-selection system. It would be so depressing to drive for 5+ hours from Massachusetts to Philadelphia only to not get chosen. However, I'm gonna EV train a Garchomp (muahahahaha) just in case. Still, though, the registration system is so screwed up...
Way to skip Australia.
Spending the day in San Francisco would be nice regardless, so I think I'll go if for nothing more than to grab a Milotic at the tournament itself.
Everyone is going on about Garchomp being allowed but it's not a big deal guys. There are three things that make Garchomp less of a threat in 2v2 than in singles (where he is banished to the uber tier):
1) Garchomp's first STAB attack, Earthquake, is somewhat nerfed in 2v2. It strikes at 75% of its full power, like all multi-hitting attacks in 2v2.
2) Outrage will select the opponents Pokemon randomly. It's a pretty big risk.
3) Raindance is popular. That means sandstorm is not. You effectively have a useless ability. Also note that because raindance (and hail somewhat) is popular, Garchomp's x4 weakness to ice is going to stick out a lot.
Not saying that Garchomp is a bad Pokemon by any means in 2v2, but it's not the best either. D:
1) Garchomp's first STAB attack, Earthquake, is somewhat nerfed in 2v2. It strikes at 75% of its full power, like all multi-hitting attacks in 2v2.
2) Outrage will select the opponents Pokemon randomly. It's a pretty big risk.
3) Raindance is popular. That means sandstorm is not. You effectively have a useless ability. Also note that because raindance (and hail somewhat) is popular, Garchomp's x4 weakness to ice is going to stick out a lot.
Not saying that Garchomp is a bad Pokemon by any means in 2v2, but it's not the best either. D:
Yes, Garchomp is a bit over-powered in OU but, like scampy explained, isn't all that useful in 2v2.
If I happen to be home in Texas on the 30th (about 50 50 chance) I'll be there to at least try. An hour drive to Dallas is worth a free event poke and a chance to qualify (though I can't say I'm all that competitive ingame... just don't have a lot of patience to breed heh) I'm excited for sure!
Still wondering why rotom is banned? He's available ingame at a level under 50 so I can't seem to figure out why he would be banned? Someone want to fill me in because an explosion-immune pokemon that has potential in hail might be fun...
If I happen to be home in Texas on the 30th (about 50 50 chance) I'll be there to at least try. An hour drive to Dallas is worth a free event poke and a chance to qualify (though I can't say I'm all that competitive ingame... just don't have a lot of patience to breed heh) I'm excited for sure!
Still wondering why rotom is banned? He's available ingame at a level under 50 so I can't seem to figure out why he would be banned? Someone want to fill me in because an explosion-immune pokemon that has potential in hail might be fun...
